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Historical Event on 5/21/1927
Cargo Transportation service started between Calcutta and Bagdogra.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/3/1767 | Colonel Smith was defeated in the battle of Changama that took place between the combined forces of Nizam and Hyder Ali and the British army. This was the first war of Mysore. The British concluded a humiliating peace with Hyder Ali of Mysore. |
| 11/11/1991 | Supreme Court declares the Anti-Defection Law as constitutional but holds that decisions of Presiding Officers under the law could be subjected to judicial review. |
| 12/19/1995 | Unidentified aircraft drops a heap of sophisticated arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifles, rocket launchers and anti-tank grenades in Purulia district in West Bengal. |
| 9/29/1991 | Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan, famous singer of 'Agra Gharana', passed away. |
| 8/15/1918 | Hans Kumar Tiwari, famous poet and translater, was born. |
| 10/3/1996 | National Conference swept back to power in J & K with a landslide victory. |
| 3/1/1992 | Anant Gundopant Tendulkar, great journalist, passed away. |
| 6/6/1903 | Hiralal Sen shot the first Indian Advertisment sequences for Jabakusum (hair tonic) and Edward's Tonic. |
| 12/23/1964 | India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. |
| 9/5/1659 | Queen Saibai, wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, died. |
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